Does "Girl Gamer" Prejudice Exist?

[ray_quazaa]

As a guy, I personally don't have a problem with women playing video games, and actually, I encourage everyone to play. I think the women that I know that play video games tend to play RPG's over first person shooters...

I believe @Speed-X, the 'backlash' or anger or misogyny in video games tends to be first person shooters, and especially in online first person shooters. I think most people in real life don't actively make comments which sterotype women against certain games. Obviously, there will be some people who do believe that women shouldn't play 'manly ganes like CoD, but I think the majority of people, when presented with the 'why is that an issue' or 'why did you make that assumption,' will realize that they made an incorrect assumption. (or maybe they'll learn something)

I believe actions in first person shooters creates an unfriendly atmosphere for women (like teabagging, which is stupid), along the anonymity really does create a toxic situation for everyone. Similarly, there are horrible exchanges of comments in LoL/DoTA as well...